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Sri Lanka

LKA
1998
Session 53
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

At the outset, Mr. President, let me extend to you Sri Lanka’s warmest congratulations on your well-deserved election. We wish you well and have no doubt that y...

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Lesotho

LSO
1969
Session 24
Mr. MASHOLOGU

1. Madam President, it is with great pleasure that the Lesotho delegation joins the delegations which have taken the floor before it in expressing its congratul...

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Bahamas

BHS
1994
Session 49
Mr. Turnquest

I wish to join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Your experience...

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Libya

LBY
2023
Session 78
AF Elzuni

I address the General Assembly on behalf of the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya. Mr. Mohamed Al-...

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Japan

JPN
2010
Session 65
Naoto Kan

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Joseph Deiss on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I also expr...

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Liberia

LBR
2009
Session 64
Joseph Boakai

My delegation and I are honoured, for the second time, to address the General Assembly on behalf of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Government and pe...

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Panama

PAN
1994
Session 49
Mr. Lewis Galindo

First of all allow me to say how pleased we are at your election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. Since you are such an eminent ...

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Romania

ROU
1971
Session 26
Mr. MANESCU

66. Mr. President, on behalf of the Romanian delegation and on my own behalf, may I offer you our sincere congratulations on your election to this important po...

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Germany

DEU
2023
Session 78
Olaf Scholz

Fifty years ago. almost to the day. two German States joined the United Nations: the then German Democratic Republic, as the 133rd Member, and the Federal Repub...

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France

FRA
2015
Session 70
François Hollande

Our Organization, the United Nations, is celebrating its seventieth anniversary. Immense progress has been made since it was established as an institution entru...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
2024
Session 79
Gaston Alphonso Browne

Mr. President Secretary-General Distinguished Delegates Today, we all stand at the edge of a precipice. Never before has humanity been confronted with su...

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Egypt

EGY
2005
Session 60
Ahmed Aboul Gheit

At this session we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. We also begin, actively and seriously, our effort to revitaliz...

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Luxembourg

LUX
1977
Session 32
THORN

1. Mr. President, my first words are naturally addressed to you, Sir, in extending heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of this thirty...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH
2007
Session 62
Želijko Komšić

It is my honour to participate in this meeting of the General Assembly sixty-second session as Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I woul...

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USA

USA
2007
Session 62
George W. Bush

Thank you for the opportunity to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. Sixty years ago, representatives from 16 nations gathered to begin del...

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Japan

JPN
2015
Session 70
Mr. Shinzo Abe

The United Nations, which this year commemorates the seventieth anniversary of its founding, brings together people who do not easily despair even in the face o...

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New Zealand

NZL
2011
Session 66
Jim McLay

As we say in Maori, to all peoples and to all voices, greetings, greetings, greetings to all. I speak at the end of a period of intense United Nations dial...

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Papua New Guinea

PNG
1978
Session 33
Olewale

 189. Mr. President, I wish to join the previous speakers in congratulating you on your unanimous election to the high office you now occupy. My delegation is ...

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India

IND
1984
Session 39
MIRDHA

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. We are particularly gratif...

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Rwanda

RWA
1988
Session 43
NGARUKIYINTWALI

 The forty-third session of the General Assembly gives the Republic of Rwanda the happy opportunity to join with other nations as a faithful participant in thi...

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